OSU/Nebraska

[djorange1989]

Ohio State is a monster of a team and arrogant Frost can suck it. I think we deserved Gameday against Clemson as much as Nebraska did this week

 

[NineOneSeven]

I love these quarterbacks that get beat out somehow on the depth chart just to transfer to other top programs that lose historically great qbs, see hurts and fields.

The top talent is just so beyond what I can even imagine.

 

[Alsacs]

I love these quarterbacks that get beat out somehow on the depth chart just to transfer to other top programs that lose historically great qbs, see hurts and fields.

The top talent is just so beyond what I can even imagine.

Ohio State’s OL just dominated that half.
They are the unsung heros. Fields has all day and when they break down he is so electric.
I kill for Ohio State’s second OL unit.

 

[SouthernCuse]

Ohio State is a monster of a team and arrogant Frost can suck it. I think we deserved Gameday against Clemson as much as Nebraska did this week

Nebraska certainly looked very weak coming in to this game, but they didn't get curbstomped anywhere.

 

[djorange1989]

Nebraska certainly looked very weak coming in to this game, but they didn't get curbstomped anywhere.

No, they definitely didn’t have a game like we did against Maryland but I like to dislike them because Frost just bugs me

 

[Alsacs]

 

[corpjet]

If I had to cheer for a Big 10 team it would be Nebraska or Purdue, I think its great Scott Frost returned "home"

I despise Ped and Ohio State, Michigan and any school in Iowa. Was hoping the Huskers would give them a better game but oh well.....

 

[Trueblue25]

If I had to cheer for a Big 10 team it would be Nebraska or Purdue, I think its great Scott Frost returned "home"

I despise Ped and Ohio State, Michigan and any school in Iowa. Was hoping the Huskers would give them a better game but oh well...

Go Hawkeyes

 

[Scooch]

If I had to cheer for a Big 10 team it would be Nebraska or Purdue, I think its great Scott Frost returned "home"

I despise Ped and Ohio State, Michigan and any school in Iowa. Was hoping the Huskers would give them a better game but oh well...

If I had to cheer for a B1G team I’d stop following sports.

 

[Cuse#1]

Ohio State’s OL just dominated that half.
They are the unsung heros. Fields has all day and when they break down he is so electric.
I kill for Ohio State’s second OL unit.

I’d kill for their 3rd ol unit. I Mean Let’s be honest guys Ohio states worst recruit is usually almost as good or just as good or better than our best recruit most seasons

 

[SWC75]

The Huskers aren't the Huskers any more and the Buckeyes are still the Buckeyes. Too bad. I would like to have seen the Devaney/Osborne type teams take on Wisconsin, OSU, Michigan and Penn State.

I never knew how Nebraska got so good. It's a low population state and not near places like Western Pennsylvania/Ohio, Florida, Texas or California. Why should they have been better than Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, etc? Well, now they aren't.

 

[NJCuse97]

Still don't see how OSU moves up after they beat a mediocre at best Nebraska team. Indicative of the overestimation of Nebraska and Frost.

 

[SouthernCuse]

The Huskers aren't the Huskers any more and the Buckeyes are still the Buckeyes. Too bad. I would like to have seen the Devaney/Osborne type teams take on Wisconsin, OSU, Michigan and Penn State.

I never knew how Nebraska got so good. It's a low population state and not near places like Western Pennsylvania/Ohio, Florida, Texas or California. Why should they have been better than Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, etc? Well, now they aren't.

Speculation: The move to the B10 moved them away from the recruiting grounds of TX and the down years left them unable to nationally recruit.

 

[cuse10]

Speculation: The move to the B10 moved them away from the recruiting grounds of TX and the down years left them unable to nationally recruit.

They also recruited California well and had a program in Nebraska among other under the table stuff that allowed them to dominate the way they did.

The media hyped this team up and said they would compete for the B1G. This is a program that is years away.

 

[orangenauburn]

Home bred OL

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Still don't see how OSU moves up after they beat a mediocre at best Nebraska team. Indicative of the overestimation of Nebraska and Frost.

Road blowouts carry a lot of weight.

They also recruited California well and had a program in Nebraska among other under the table stuff that allowed them to dominate the way they did.

The media hyped this team up and said they would compete for the B1G. This is a program that is years away.

They probably have the best fan support none of the other blue bloods would be packing their (enormous) stadiums week in week out after a couple decades of irrelevance. Also remember the Big 12 wasn't always 12 its pretty easy to see how they were kings of the Big 8 and then the influx of SWC teams happened when they were at their absolute peak and dominant and strengthened their ties to Texas.

They left something that fit them perfectly. The lure of more TV money and assuming they'd be Iowa/Wisconsin at worst was hard to turn down from afar you'd think competing with those two (and not seeing the East much) would be easier than keeping pace with OU and UT. But it was a mistake.

 

[NKR1978]

Is it me or has this been a boring college football season so far?

 

[CanadianSU]

Is it me or has this been a boring college football season so far?

Agree. But stay tuned, there are quite a few teams that have a chance to win this season. Alabama and Clemson have a lot of really good teams behind them.

 

[NJCuse97]

Road blowouts carry a lot of weight.



They probably have the best fan support none of the other blue bloods would be packing their (enormous) stadiums week in week out after a couple decades of irrelevance. Also remember the Big 12 wasn't always 12 its pretty easy to see how they were kings of the Big 8 and then the influx of SWC teams happened when they were at their absolute peak and dominant and strengthened their ties to Texas.

They left something that fit them perfectly. The lure of more TV money and assuming they'd be Iowa/Wisconsin at worst was hard to turn down from afar you'd think competing with those two (and not seeing the East much) would be easier than keeping pace with OU and UT. But it was a mistake.

I think the "couple decades of irrelevance" is a bit overstated. They won the championships in '94, '95, '97 and a disputed one in '99. They were in the championship in '01 and '02 was their first non-winning season in 40 years, going 7-7, which they rebounded from with a ten win season the next year. They had a bad AD for a few years in the mid aughts in Steve Pederson who fired Solich and had their worst streak under Bill Callahan. In this time they had their first losing season since 1961 and he was their worst coach in like 45 years based on winning percentage going... wait for it... 27-22. That's Grob level. Once their savior Tom Osborne was back in charge, and he hired Bo Pelini, they were back to being a nine or ten win team. Nebraska didn't fall into genuine mediocrity until 2015.

I used to work for a large AE (really more engineering than architecture) firm in Omaha and the entire company was run by Nebraska grads. It was a bit like being surrounded by Ped State grads (I've experienced that too) in that they all made the weekend pilgrimage to the football game, no matter what. In that way, while I agree with your assessment that the B1G was a mistake, they fit the culture.

I find half the B1G teams to be overrated and given too much credit for beating each other. I'm not saying OSU is bad, but they were given a LOT of credit for beating Nebraska, a .500 team for the last 5 years. Look at the positive press Mich is getting for beating lowly Rutgers. MSU is still getting a lot of positive attention too and they lost to Arizona State at home. It will serve OSU well when they clobber MSU this weekend.

 

[SWC75]

I think Nebraska became Nebraska + , (Nebraska on steroids, if you will, although that seems redundant), in 1990's because the SWC consumed itself competing with each other for Texas talent and everybody got on probation. That opened the door wide open for the Huskers to build a pipeline to Texas.

I also agree that a fanatical fan base based on the football team putting the state on the map has helped them. If SU fans looked at themselves as investors rather than just consumers, we could have similar results.

 

[Chip]

Interesting thing on gameday. They showed the Iowa graphic, and all the fans start booing. Later they showed the Oklahoma graphic, and it was crickets.

To this day I hate that Nebraska and Oklahoma don't play each other every year, but it sounded (on TV anyway) like they've moved on.

OU - Nebraska, Texas - Texas A&M, Rutgers - Temple, the world is a worse place without these matchups.

 

[OmahaCuse]

Nebraska never had a pipeline of Texas players. It was all linemen from the area and a unique system. They would attract great RBs due to line much like Wisconsin does today. Kind of like SU hoops with the zone a unique player fits the scheme and hard to beat.